Canadian Author Alice Munro winner of the 2009 Booker International Prize at attends a press conference at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, June, 25, 2009. The prize is worth 60,000 Sterling and is awarded once every two years to a living author. The 77-year-old author from Ontario said Ireland's short story authors had inspired her to keep writing. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

Canadian Author Alice Munro winner of the 2009 Booker International Prize at attends a press conference at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, June, 25, 2009. The prize is worth 60,000 Sterling and is awarded once every two years to a living author. The 77-year-old author from Ontario said Ireland's short story authors had inspired her to keep writing.

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  1. These recent file photos show authors in the running for the 2009 Nobel Literature Prize, the winner of which is scheduled to beannounced on Thursday, October 8, 2009 in Stockholm. Top row from left are: US writer Philip Roth; Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa; Algerian writer Assia Djebar; Canadian author Alice Munro; US author Joyce Carol Oates. Middle row from left are: Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes; Vietnamese writer Duong Thu Huong; Canadian writer Margaret Atwood; US author Cormac McCarthy; South Korean author Ko Un. Bottom row from left are: Lebanese writer of Syrian origin Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said); Spanish writer Luis Goytisolo; Israeli author Amos Oz.

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